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| Paris attacks: Brussels alert extended over 'imminent threat' | |
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| Brussels will stay on the highest level of terror alert because of the "serious and imminent" threat of Paris-style attacks, Belgium's prime minister says. | |
| Charles Michel added that universities, schools and the metro would remain closed on Monday. | |
| Brussels has been on lockdown all weekend, amid a manhunt for suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam. | |
| Islamic State militants, some of whom were from Brussels, killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November. | Islamic State militants, some of whom were from Brussels, killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November. |
| Follow the latest live developments | |
| Abdeslam: Suspect 'meant to blow himself up' | |
| Interview transcript: 'My brothers were manipulated, not radicalised' | |
| Police in France have issued a fresh appeal to identify one of the Paris attackers, who was killed at the national stadium. | |
| The BBC understands that the picture of the third suicide bomber is of a man known as M. al-Mahmod. | |
| He entered the Greek island of Leros on 3 October with another attacker travelling under the name of Ahmad al-Mohammad. | |
| Mr Michel told reporters in Brussels on Sunday that the authorities fear "an attack similar to the one in Paris, with several individuals who could also possibly launch several attacks at the same time in multiple locations." | |
| Earlier, Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the danger to Belgium was not tied to Abdeslam alone. | Earlier, Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the danger to Belgium was not tied to Abdeslam alone. |
| "The threat is broader than the one suspected terrorist," he told Flemish broadcaster VRT. | "The threat is broader than the one suspected terrorist," he told Flemish broadcaster VRT. |
| It was not clear if Mr Jambon was referring to those involved in the Paris attacks, or others who might be planning attacks in Belgium. | |
| Soldiers joined police officers on patrols in Brussels over the weekend. Many public spaces in the usually bustling capital were deserted, as people heeded official warnings to avoid crowds. | Soldiers joined police officers on patrols in Brussels over the weekend. Many public spaces in the usually bustling capital were deserted, as people heeded official warnings to avoid crowds. |
| The Belgian authorities have so far charged three people with involvement in the Paris attacks, claimed by Islamic State militants. | |
| French media have reported that nine militants carried out the attacks, and seven died on Friday night. | |
| One of the men who drove Salah Abdeslam to Belgium told his lawyer that he was dressed in a "big jacket" and may have had a suicide belt. | |
| The lawyer, Carine Couquelet, told French TV this raised questions, including the possibility that Salah Abdeslam may have been supposed to blow himself up in Paris but had had second thoughts. | |
| Friends of Abdeslam told ABC News they had spoken to him on Skype and said he was hiding in Brussels and desperately trying to get to Syria. | |
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